Hi K,

One of my colleagues recently installed MASON on a Mac to test some of
the tools I have been developing. This is what he did:

1. Install Java from Oracle (I recommend going with version 8)

2. Install Eclipse

3. Download the MASON jar

4. Create a new Java project in Eclipse and add the MASON jar to the build path

Like this you won't have 3D support but you'll be good to go for
everything else. Alternatively, in step 3 you may checkout the MASON
source code as a new project in your workspace and then add it to the
build path. But this might give you a bit of extra work, Eclipse does
not like the MASON source code structure very much.

Cheers,

Luís


On 9 June 2015 at 13:56, K Garbutt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use MASON in Eclipse on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite and I am struggling to get everything to work.
>
> Can anyone guide me through installing MASON, Java (JDK, JRE, 3D etc.) on a Mac and getting setup correctly?
>
> I have tried to follow the instructions on the MASON site, as well as the links suggested there, and myself and some others in my department who are very familiar with MASON have tried all day but to no avail.
>
> Everyone I speak to has a slightly different setup that they got to by trial and error over a long time.
>
> There are several conflicting and limited guides that assume a lot of prior knowledge. Could someone provide a simple guide with details of what is actually required and how to get MASON up and running.
>
> You will have my everlasting gratitude if you can help!